Posted: 2018-07-03 21:47:15
I have always maintained, that if I was a service provider, that I would prefer the option to decline the request, than to get the "I will think about it" response, and losing the deal because the punter has been browbeaten into not asking for a discount.
If it turns out that she is outside my budget, then I will always tell her, and tell her my budget. It's then up to her to invite me over, or to send me on my merry way